Definition

The movement of an organism in response to two different stimuli, such as light, using different senses to determine its direction.

Example

The insect showed tropotaxis by moving towards the brighter light while avoiding the dimmer one.

Conversation

Have you ever heard of tropotaxis?

No, what is that?

It's the way some organisms move in response to different stimuli, like light.

That sounds fascinating! I love learning about how animals behave.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Root Explanation

Tropotaxis is formed from "tropos" (Greek, meaning turn or change) and "taxis" (Greek, meaning arrangement or order). The word describes the movement or orientation of an organism in response to a directional stimulus, indicating a change in position or arrangement based on environmental cues.

Memory Tip

Think of 'turning' ('tropos') in response to an 'arrangement' ('taxis') in the environment — that's how tropotaxis describes movement based on direction.

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